Bonhams

Islamic and Indian Art

The Islamic and Indian Art department holds two sales a year covering a wide range of art and artefacts dating from the 9th to the 19th centuries. This includes Arabic and Persian manuscripts, pottery, metalwork and glass, ivory, jewellery and stonework, Ottoman Turkish works of art (silver, textiles, arms and armour and Iznik pottery), and later Persian material. Within the sphere of Indian art, we feature in particular miniature paintings of the 16th to 19th centuries as well as Bidri ware and other metalwork, ivory, textiles and jewellery.